Lintel.



No. 687,059, I Patented Nov. 19, l90l. W. F. PELTUN.

LINTEL.

Application filed Apr. 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM FANOHER PELTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TOHENRY C. MOORE, OF BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK, N. Y.

LINTEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,059, dated November19, 1901.

Application filed April 29,1901. Serial No. 58,000. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM FANOHER PEL- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecountyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedLintel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates to the construction of buildings,- and has for itsobject to provide a lintel of considerable strength, great lightness andsimplicity, and low cost.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features ofnovelty pointed out in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved lintel, and Fig. 2 is apartial longitudinal section of the lintel shown in Fig. 1.

The lintel comprises two members a straight bottom member A, which is atension member,and a curved top memberB,which isa compression member.The ends B of the top member are in alinement with each other that is,they extend in the same plane and are adapted to lie flat upon the endportions of the lower member A. It will be understood that any straindue to the weight of the material resting on the upper member B will betransferred to and taken up by the lower member A, this beingfacilitated by the provision of plane or alining portions B on the uppermember B, which afford a considerable contact-surface between the twomembers of the lintel, and thus materially aid in transferring thestrain from the top member to the bottom member. To strengthen theconnection between the members, the upper member is reinforced by anangle-iron D, riveted to the plane portions B at the outer edgesthereof, while the lower member A has upward flanges A with their edgesA bent over the upper ends of the angle-irons D.

.Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A lintel comprising an upper member with a curvedbody and plane end portions, an angle-iron projecting upwardly from eachof said end portions, and a substantially plane lower member engagingsaid plane portions and having its ends bent upward and over the upperedges of said angle-irons.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM FANOHER PELTON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. HAWKINS, HENRY C. MOORE.

